Prof Lino Briguglio

Professor Lino Briguglio is Director of the Islands and Small States Institute and of the Gozo Centre, both at the University of Malta. He was formerly Head of the Economics Department and the Banking and Finance Department of the same University. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Exeter (UK) in 1982 and an Honours and Masters degree in Economics from the University of Malta (1972 and 1977). He obtained a Diploma in Social Studies from the University of Oxford (UK) in 1970.

Professor Briguglio has published a large number of papers on islands and small states, one of which is a seminal article on the economic vulnerabilities of small island states in World Development (September 1995). He has also edited a series of four books on Vulnerability, Resilience and Competitiveness of Small States, published by the University of Malta in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat. He also authored three books on the Maltese economy. He was formerly editor of the series Islands, published by Cassel/Pinter of London.

Professor Briguglio has acted as consultant to several international organisations including the UNDSA, UNEP, UNDP, UNCTAD, World Bank, the Commonwealth Secretariat, SOPAC and CARICOM on matters related to the economies of small states. He has represented the Maltese government in many international conferences dealing with islands’ and small states’affairs. He is a member of the Malta Fair Trading Commission and the Malta Commission for Sustainable Development, and serves on a number of Government Committees and University of Malta Boards. Formerly he was a core member of the Malta EU Steering and Action Committee during the Malta’s negotiations for EU membership.

Professor Lino Briguglio is also part of Working Group II of the IPCC, where he is a lead author for the chapter on Small Island Developing States in the Third, Fourth and Fifth assessment Reports. He was part of the team that was awarded the Nobel prize to the IPCC in 2007, and was presented with a certificate in this regard.

Research Interests

Islands and small states studies

Selected Research Publications

Briguglio, L (2011) was commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat to prepare a paper on Growth with Resilience to make a case for the Commonwealth's advocacy role within the G20 (the group of 20 major economies in the World)

Paper on Profiling Vulnerability and Resilience published in the book: Small Economies and Global Economics

Professor Lino Briguglio, was commissioned, together with Professor Bishnodat Persaud and Mr Richard Stern by the World Bank and the Commonwealth Secretariat to write a report on the strategy that small states should adopt. The report is entitled "Toward an Outward-Oriented Development Strategy for Small States: Issues, Opportunities, and Resilience Building"

Briguglio, L., Cordina, G., Farrugia, N., Vigilnace, C. (2008) Small States and the Pillars of Economic Resilience of Small States. Islands and Small States Institute, University of Matla and Commonwealth Secretariat, London

Briguglio, L., Cordina, G., Kisanga, E. J. (2006) Building the Economic Resilience of Small States. Islands and Small States Institute, University of Matla and Commonwealth Secretariat, London

Briguglio, L., Kisanga, E. J. (2004) Economic Vulnerability and Resilience of Small States. Islands and Small States Institute, University of Matla and Commonwealth Secretariat, London Briguglio, L., Cordina, G. (2004) Competitiveness Strategies for Small States. Islands and Small States Institute, University of Matla and Commonwealth Secretariat, London

Professor Lino Briguglio, the Director of the Institute, was entrusted with leading a team of authors to write the Malta National Report for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August-September 2002 .

WSSD Malta National Report

Report on the Commonwealth Training Workshop Competitiveness Strategies for Small States, held in Malta on 22 April to 3 May 2002. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (2002).

Report on the Commonwealth Training Workshop on Banking and Finance in Small States: Issues and Policies, held in Malta on 2-13 December 2002. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (2002).

Environment and Sustainable Development in Malta. Islands and Small States Institute in collaboration with the Ministry for the Environment Malta and the United Nations Environment Programme/Mediterranean Action Plan (2001).

Report on the Commonwealth Training Workshop on Banking and Finance in Small States: Issues and Policies, held in Malta on 1-12 October 2001. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (2001).

Report on the Commonwealth Training Workshop on Banking and Finance in Small States: Issues and Policies, held in Malta on 2-13 October 2000. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (2000).